Product approval, certification services - Russia

Telecoms and radio

TRaC offers a type approval and project management service for a wide range of telecoms equipment to ensure that products intended for sale or use in Russia meet all of the necessary regulatory and compliance requirements for Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications of the Russian Federation. 

Types of Equipment

TLTE and RF Type Approval is applicable but not necessarily limited to, data and text processing equipment, data preparation equipment, data terminal equipment, data circuit terminating equipment (for example, modems), automatic telephone answering machines, facsimile transceivers, call restriction devices, cordless telephones, digital and analogue feature telephones, lightning protection devices, line monitoring equipment and speech recorders.

Type Approval Requirements

All TLTE testing must be carried out in-country, however, RF equipment can be approved by having either EU or Federal Communications commission (FCC)  test reports that can be obtained from TRaC in the UK.

All foreign manufacturers who want to obtain Russian type approval of telecommunications terminal equipment products must appoint a Russian citizen or company to apply for and hold approval. All applicants must be registered on the local Trade Register as being professionally involved with the marketing of electronics or telecommunications equipment.

Project Management for Russian Approvals

For Russian approvals, the process that TRaC can project manage includes the following services:

• Organisation of despatch of samples to prevent delays at Customs

• Management of the testing process till type approval is complete

• Completion of all paperwork including application forms, declarations and letters of authority to be sent to the Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications of the Russian Federation

• Liaison with local offices and distributors in Russia

• Submission of the approval applications to Russian Federation

• Making payment for the certification on your behalf

• Ongoing liaison with the Russian Federation until type approval is granted

Testing Standards required by Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications of the Russian Federation:

TLTE testing must be carried out in-country to Russian standards. 

RF testing to either EU or FCC standards is accepted by the Russian Federation.

To ensure we provide the latest information about appropriate standards for your products, or for more information about the testing services offered by TRaC for telecoms products for the Russian market, please contact us.